Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years, 【1】 in the home or the workplace. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.

【2】 household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them 【3】 (respond) more appropriately to the user.

The Jibo robot, 【4】 (arrange) to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on 【5】 it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.

Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications 【6】 everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.

Fellow Robots is one company 【7】 (bring) social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.

The more interaction the robot has with humans, 【8】 (much) it learns.But Oshbot, like other social robots, 【9】 (not intend) to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】either

【2】while

【3】to respond

【4】arranged

【5】what

【6】in

【7】bringing

【8】the more

【9】is not intended

【解析】

這是一篇應(yīng)用文。文章介紹了社交機器人將以一種更人性化的方式把技術(shù)帶到日常世界。

【1】考查固定搭配。句意：未來幾年，社交機器人將變得更加普遍，無論是在家里還是在工作場所。根據(jù)or the workplace，可知此處用either，固定短語either...or...“要么……要么……，不是……就是……”。故填either。

【2】考查連接詞。句意：今天的家用機器人做著普通的家務(wù)，社交機器人將更像是伙伴而不僅僅是工具。根據(jù)social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools可知，前后句為對比轉(zhuǎn)折句，連詞while“雖然，在……期間，（對比兩件事物）……而”符合題意。故填while。

【3】考查不定式。句意：這使它們能夠更適當(dāng)?shù)仨憫?yīng)用戶。根據(jù)allows them可知，此處用不定式，短語allow sb. to do sth.“允許某人做某事”。故填to respond。

【4】考查過去分詞作定語。句意：Jibo機器人將于今年遲點上市，它被設(shè)計成一個個性化的助手。arrange與the Jibo robot是邏輯動賓關(guān)系，應(yīng)使用過去分詞作定語。故填arranged。

【5】考查賓語從句的引導(dǎo)詞。句意：它的反應(yīng)基于它對家庭中每個人的了解。此處是what引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，what在句子作learn的賓語。故填what。

【6】考查介詞。句意：它們在從教育到醫(yī)療保健的各個領(lǐng)域都有潛在的應(yīng)用，并且已經(jīng)在這些領(lǐng)域找到了自己的出路。根據(jù)everything from education to health care可知，用介詞in表示“在……方面”。故填in。

【7】考查非謂語動詞。句意：Fellow Robots是一家將社交機器人推向市場的公司。此句已有謂語動詞is，此處要用非謂語動詞，且one company與動詞bring是主謂關(guān)系，應(yīng)使用現(xiàn)在分詞形式。故填bringing。

【8】考查固定句式。句意：機器人與人類互動越多，它的學(xué)習(xí)能力就越強。根據(jù)The more interaction the robot has with humans,可知用the more。句式The+比較級…, the+比較級…“越……越……”。故填the more。

【9】考查被動語態(tài)。句意：但和其他社交機器人一樣，Oshbot并不是為了取代工人，而是為了和其他員工一起工作。短語be not intended to“不打算……”，主語為Oshbot，時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時。故填is not intended。

第8小題考查了常用句式The+比較級…, the+比較級…“越……越……”

1. The+比較級…, the+比較級…句型常表示“越……，就越……”，是一個復(fù)合句（表示一方的程度隨著另一方的變化而變化，其中的兩個the 都是副詞，而不是冠詞），其中前面的句子是狀語從句，后面的句子是主句。the用在形容詞或副詞的比較級前。例如：

①The more he gets, the more he want. 他越來越貪。

②The more she learns, the more she wants to learn. 他越學(xué)越想學(xué)。

2. The+比較級…, the+比較級…句型，主從句的時態(tài)常用一般現(xiàn)在時或一般過去時。例如：

①The higher the ground is, the thinner air become. 離地面越高，空氣就越稀薄。

②The harder he worked, the more he got. 他工作越努力，得到的就越多。